Which I wish to
Which I wish to remark– And my language is plain,– That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Bret Harte
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Which I wish to remark– And my language is plain,– That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Bret Harte
Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters T and H joined together, which resembleth a Y, do incontinently jump to the conclusion the THE is pronounced Ye,–the like of which I … Read more
Don’t be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic. Bret Harte
And then, for an old man like me, it’s not exactly right,This kind o’ playing soldier with no enemy in sight. Bret Harte
Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still. Bret Harte
But, when the goddess’ work is done,The woman’s still remains. Bret Harte
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones. Bret Harte
The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air. Bret Harte
Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armèd men the hum; Lo, a nation’s hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum Saying, Come, Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum. Bret Harte
When folks find I ain’t afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I’m tellin’ the truth about my own. Bret Harte